Exhibit 99.1

Allegheny Technologies Announces Second Quarter Results

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 2009--Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE: ATI) reported a net loss for the second quarter 2009, including special charges, of $13.4 million, or $0.14 per share, on sales of $710.0 million. The second quarter 2009 included non-recurring after-tax charges of $17.0 million, or $0.17 per share, related to debt retirement and the tax consequences of our $350 million voluntary pension contribution. Excluding these special charges, net income was $3.6 million, or $0.03 per share.

In the second quarter 2008, ATI reported net income of $168.9 million, or $1.66 per share, on sales of $1.46 billion. The second quarter 2008 included a favorable one-time net tax benefit of $11.2 million, or $0.11 per share.

For the six months ended June 30, 2009, net loss, including special charges, was $7.5 million, or $0.08 per share, on sales of $1.54 billion. Excluding special charges, results for the six months ended June 30, 2009 were net income of $9.5 million, or $0.09 per share. For the six months ended June 30, 2008, net income was $310.9 million, or $3.06 per share, on sales of $2.80 billion.

“ATI was profitable in the second quarter, before special charges, and ended the quarter with significant cash on hand and an improved balance sheet,” said L. Patrick Hassey, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. “We saw signs of stabilization in some of our markets during the quarter, but few indications of meaningful recovery.

“We remain confident in the intermediate and long-term growth potential of our core markets. ATI has the financial resources and flexibility to continue our strategic investments and growth initiatives and to introduce important new alloys and products. Our focus is to continue to develop or expand strategic relationships with key global customers to be ready to meet their needs as economic conditions improve and core markets recover.

“We continue to deploy and execute our plan to effectively compete and we are strengthening and positioning ATI for long-term success. ATI benefited from our global reach as direct international sales were 32.5% of total sales in the second quarter 2009. Total titanium shipments were over 9.8 million pounds in the second quarter and over 20 million pounds for the first half 2009 in spite of the aerospace market slowdown.


“ATI’s financial position is strong. We ended the first half with cash on hand of approximately $850 million. ATI generated cash flow of $323 million during the first half, excluding the effect of the voluntary net pension contribution. This strong cash flow was used, in part, to self-fund approximately $212 million in strategic capital investments. As previously announced, in June 2009 we took proactive liability management actions and completed the issuance of $402.5 million 5-year Convertible Senior Notes and $350 million 10-year Senior Notes. A significant portion of the net proceeds from these issuances was used to return our U.S. defined benefit pension plan to a well-funded position and retire $183 million of our notes due in 2011. We also amended our $400 million domestic credit facility to increase financial flexibility.

“Our strategic investments in unsurpassed manufacturing capabilities are on track and we expect to begin production at our new premium-grade titanium sponge facility and our new titanium and superalloy forging facility by the end of the third quarter 2009.

“Benefits from our ATIBS business processes continued to be realized. We maintained our world-class safety performance and achieved gross cost reductions of over $74 million in the first half. Of note, over 50% of these cost reductions were in our High Performance Metals segment. We expect to exceed our 2009 cost reduction target of $150 million. We continue to improve efficiency and adjust our production schedules to meet market conditions.

“As expected, second quarter operating profit improved, compared to the first quarter, in our Flat-Rolled Products segment primarily due to reduced out-of-phase raw material surcharges and improvement in base prices for our stainless sheet products. In our High Performance Metals segment, demand remained good for our exotic alloys from the chemical process industry and the growing nuclear electrical energy market. However, operating profit from our titanium alloys and nickel-based alloys and superalloys in this segment deteriorated more than we expected due to significant inventory reduction actions primarily in the jet engine supply chain. The aerospace supply chain is responding to lower current build rates, uncertain near-term build rates, and reduced demand from the aftermarket due to the global recession. In our Engineered Products segment, three of the four operating companies were not profitable due to weak demand from nearly all markets, particularly wind energy.

“We expect business conditions in the third quarter to remain challenging. While we see some signs of stabilization in a few markets, in general, demand remains low, the pricing environment is challenging, and visibility is limited.

“We expect ATI’s third quarter 2009 earnings to be at or near break even. We expect to end the third quarter 2009 with a significant amount of cash on hand while continuing to self fund our strategic capital investments.

“We remain confident in the intermediate and long-term growth potential of our core global markets. We intend to use the current difficult market conditions to continue to positively differentiate ATI as a uniquely positioned, diversified, technology-driven global specialty metals company with unsurpassed manufacturing capabilities. Our strategic direction and vision remain intact.”


         
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30 June 30
In Millions
2009     2008 2009       2008
 
Sales $ 710.0 $ 1,461.2 $ 1,541.6 $ 2,804.6
 

Net income attributable to ATI
common stockholders* before
special charges

 

$

 

3.6

 

$

 

168.9

 

$

 

9.5

 

$

 

310.9

 
Special charges $ (17.0 ) - $ (17.0 ) -
 

Net income (loss) attributable
to ATI common stockholders*

$

(13.4

)

$

168.9

$

(7.5

)

$

310.9

 
Per Diluted Share
 

Net income attributable to ATI
common stockholders* before
special charges

 

$

 

0.03

 

$

 

1.66

 

$

 

0.09

 

$

 

3.06

 
Special charges $ (0.17 ) - $ (0.17 ) -
 

Net income (loss) attributable
to ATI common stockholders*

$

(0.14

)

$

1.66

$

(0.08

)

$

3.06

 

* Net income (loss) and net income (loss) per share amounts presented above are attributable to Allegheny Technologies Incorporated common stockholders. As required, in the first quarter 2009 the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB No. 51”. Under the provisions of this statement, the income statement presentation has been revised to separately present consolidated net income (loss), which now includes the amounts attributable to the Company plus noncontrolling interests (minority interests), and net income (loss) attributable solely to the Company.


Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

High Performance Metals Segment
Market Conditions


Second quarter 2009 compared to second quarter 2008


Flat-Rolled Products Segment
Market Conditions

Second quarter 2009 compared to second quarter 2008


Engineered Products Segment
Market Conditions

Second quarter 2009 compared to second quarter 2008

Other Expenses

Retirement Benefit Expense


Income Taxes

Cash Flow, Working Capital and Debt


New Accounting Pronouncement Adopted in 2009

Allegheny Technologies will conduct a conference call with investors and analysts on July 22, 2009, at 1 p.m. ET to discuss the financial results. The conference call will be broadcast live on www.alleghenytechnologies.com. To access the broadcast, click on “Conference Call”. Replay of the conference call will be available on the Allegheny Technologies website.

This news release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Certain statements in this news release relate to future events and expectations and, as such, constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include those containing such words as “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “would,” “should,” “will,” “will likely result,” “forecast,” “outlook,” “projects,” and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and include known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which we are unable to predict or control, that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to materially differ from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include: (a) material adverse changes in economic or industry conditions generally, including credit market conditions and related issues, and global supply and demand conditions and prices for our specialty metals; (b) material adverse changes in the markets we serve, including the aerospace and defense, electrical energy, chemical process industry, oil and gas, medical, automotive, construction and mining, and other markets; (c) our inability to achieve the level of cost savings, productivity improvements, synergies, growth or other benefits anticipated by management, including those anticipated from strategic investments, whether due to significant increases in energy, raw materials or employee benefits costs, the possibility of project cost overruns or unanticipated costs and expenses, or other factors; (d) volatility of prices and availability of supply of the raw materials that are critical to the manufacture of our products; (e) declines in the value of our defined benefit pension plan assets or unfavorable changes in laws or regulations that govern pension plan funding; (f) significant legal proceedings or investigations adverse to us; (g) other risk factors summarized in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and in other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We assume no duty to update our forward-looking statements.

Building the World’s Best Specialty Metals Company™

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated is one of the largest and most diversified specialty metals producers in the world with revenues of $5.3 billion during 2008. ATI has approximately 8,700 full-time employees world-wide who use innovative technologies to offer global markets a wide range of specialty metals solutions. Our major markets are aerospace and defense, chemical process industry/oil and gas, electrical energy, medical, automotive, food equipment and appliance, machine and cutting tools, and construction and mining. Our products include titanium and titanium alloys, nickel-based alloys and superalloys, grain-oriented electrical steel, stainless and specialty steels, zirconium, hafnium, and niobium, tungsten materials, and forgings and castings. The Allegheny Technologies website is www.alleghenytechnologies.com.


     
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Operations (a)
(Unaudited, dollars in millions, except per share amounts)
   
 
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30 June 30
2009 2008 2009 2008
 
Sales $ 710.0 $ 1,461.2 $ 1,541.6 $ 2,804.6
Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales 634.8 1,128.9 1,385.7 2,181.7
Selling and administrative expenses   64.4     79.2     145.2     149.4  

Income before interest, other income (expense) and income taxes

10.8 253.1 10.7 473.5
Interest expense, net (1.3 ) (1.3 ) (1.2 ) (1.1 )
Debt extinguishment costs (9.2 ) 0.0 (9.2 ) 0.0
Other income (expense), net   (0.3 )   0.6     0.0     1.6  
Income before income tax provision 0.0 252.4 0.3 474.0
Income tax provision   11.7     81.2     6.7     159.1  
 
Net income (loss) (11.7 ) 171.2 (6.4 ) 314.9
 
Less: Net income attributable to
noncontrolling interests   1.7     2.3     1.1     4.0  
 
Net income (loss) attributable to ATI $ (13.4 ) $ 168.9   $ (7.5 ) $ 310.9  
 
Basic net income (loss) per common share
attributable to ATI common stockholders $ (0.14 ) $ 1.68   $ (0.08 ) $ 3.09  
 
Diluted net income (loss) per common share
attributable to ATI common stockholders $ (0.14 ) $ 1.66   $ (0.08 ) $ 3.06  
 
Weighted average common shares
outstanding -- basic (millions) 97.2 100.7 97.2 100.7
 
Weighted average common shares
outstanding -- diluted (millions) 97.2 101.5 97.2 101.5
 
Actual common shares outstanding--
end of period (millions) 98.1 100.7 98.1 100.7
 

(a)

  On January 1, 2009, ATI adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 160,
"Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB No.
51". Under the provisions of this statement, the income statement presentation has been
revised to separately present consolidated net income (loss), which now includes the
amounts attributable to the Company plus noncontrolling interests (minority interests)
and net income (loss) attributable solely to the Company. Prior year presentations have
been restated to conform with the new statement.

   
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Sales and Operating Profit by Business Segment
(Unaudited - Dollars in millions)
   
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30 June 30
2009 2008 2009 2008
Sales:
High Performance Metals $ 320.5 $ 504.5 $ 708.4 $ 985.5
Flat-Rolled Products 335.2 834.1 713.4 1,581.0
Engineered Products   54.3     122.6     119.8     238.1  
 
Total External Sales $ 710.0   $ 1,461.2   $ 1,541.6   $ 2,804.6  
 
Operating Profit (Loss):
 
High Performance Metals $ 41.0 $ 150.8 $ 95.3 $ 282.2
% of Sales 12.8 % 29.9 % 13.5 % 28.6 %
 
Flat-Rolled Products 22.3 113.6 30.0 216.5
% of Sales 6.7 % 13.6 % 4.2 % 13.7 %
 
Engineered Products (9.4 ) 11.0 (15.5 ) 16.7
% of Sales   -17.3 %   9.0 %   -12.9 %   7.0 %
 
Operating Profit 53.9 275.4 109.8 515.4
% of Sales 7.6 % 18.8 % 7.1 % 18.4 %
 
Corporate expenses (8.6 ) (15.4 ) (23.0 ) (33.1 )

 

Interest expense, net (1.3 ) (1.3 ) (1.2 ) (1.1 )
 
Debt extinguishment costs (9.2 ) 0.0 (9.2 ) 0.0
 

 

Other expense, net of gains on asset sales

(1.4 ) (3.0 ) (5.4 ) (3.9 )
 
Retirement benefit expense   (33.4 )   (3.3 )   (70.7 )   (3.3 )

 

Income before income taxes

$ 0.0   $ 252.4   $ 0.3   $ 474.0  
 

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated and Subsidiaries    
Consolidated Balance Sheets (a)
(Current period unaudited--Dollars in millions)
         

  June 30,  

December 31,
2009 2008
ASSETS
 
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 850.7 $ 469.9

Accounts receivable, net of
allowances for doubtful accounts of
$6.0 and $6.3 at June 30, 2009 and
December 31, 2008, respectively

398.2 530.5
Inventories, net 692.9 887.6

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

  76.2   41.4
Total Current Assets 2,018.0 1,929.4
 
Property, plant and equipment, net 1,787.0 1,633.6
Deferred income taxes 49.9 281.6
Cost in excess of net assets acquired 197.3 190.9
Prepaid pension asset 122.2 0.0
Other assets   147.0   134.9
 
Total Assets $ 4,321.4 $ 4,170.4
 
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
 
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 236.4 $ 278.5
Accrued liabilities 229.6 322.0
Deferred income taxes 35.3 78.2
Short term debt and current
portion of long-term debt   17.5   15.2
Total Current Liabilities 518.8 693.9
 
Long-term debt 1,055.9 494.6
Accrued postretirement benefits 449.8 446.9
Pension liabilities 34.5 378.2
Other long-term liabilities   114.8   127.8
Total Liabilities   2,173.8   2,141.4
 
Total ATI stockholders' equity 2,075.5 1,957.4
Noncontrolling interests   72.1   71.6
Total Equity   2,147.6   2,029.0
 
Total Liabilities and Equity $ 4,321.4 $ 4,170.4

 

 

(a)

  On January 1, 2009, ATI adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 160,
"Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB
No. 51", which requires that noncontrolling interests, formerly termed minority interests,
be considered a component of equity for all periods presented. Noncontrolling interests were
previously classified within other long-term liabilities.

   
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited - Dollars in millions)
  Six Months Ended
June 30
2009 2008
 
Operating Activities:
Net income (loss) $ (6.4 ) $ 314.9
 
Depreciation and amortization 64.4 56.5
Deferred taxes 108.3 26.9
Change in managed working capital 352.8 (271.3 )
Pension contribution (350.0 ) 0.0
Change in retirement benefits 50.6 (13.8 )
Accrued liabilities and other   (138.4 )   (16.9 )
Cash provided by operating activities   81.3     96.3  
Investing Activities:
Purchases of property, plant and equipment (211.5 ) (255.4 )
Asset disposals and other   (1.3 )   (0.2 )
Cash used in investing activities   (212.8 )   (255.6 )
Financing Activities:
Borrowings on long-term debt 752.5 0.0
Payments on long-term debt and capital leases (188.6 ) (8.8 )
Net borrowings (repayments) under credit facilities 2.4 3.4
Debt issuance costs (18.1 ) 0.0
Dividends paid to shareholders (35.3 ) (36.4 )
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interests (0.8 ) 0.0
Exercises of stock options 0.5 1.1
Taxes on share-based compensation (0.3 ) (24.7 )
Purchase of treasury stock   0.0     (88.4 )
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities   512.3     (153.8 )
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 380.8 (313.1 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period   469.9     623.3  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 850.7   $ 310.2  
 

                 
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Selected Financial Data
(Unaudited)
 
 
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30 June 30
Volume: 2009 2008 2009 2008
High Performance Metals (000's lbs.)
Titanium mill products 5,960 7,707 12,898 16,477
Nickel-based and specialty alloys 8,171 11,493 18,141 21,030
Exotic alloys 1,347 1,465 2,636 2,829
 
Flat-Rolled Products (000's lbs.)
High value 84,190 132,999 178,118 252,791
Standard   118,211   179,864   219,785   350,484
Flat-Rolled Products total 202,401 312,863 397,903 603,275
 
 
Average Prices:
High Performance Metals (per lb.)
Titanium mill products $ 21.30 $ 26.34 $ 21.94 $ 25.92
Nickel-based and specialty alloys $ 13.04 $ 18.30 $ 13.97 $ 18.42
Exotic alloys $ 58.42 $ 48.64 $ 57.76 $ 46.70
 
Flat-Rolled Products (per lb.)
High value $ 2.40 $ 3.21 $ 2.53 $ 3.21
Standard $ 1.03 $ 2.22 $ 1.11 $ 2.15
Flat-Rolled Products combined average $ 1.60 $ 2.64 $ 1.75 $ 2.59
 

 
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Other Financial Information
Managed Working Capital
(Unaudited - Dollars in millions)
 
June 30, December 31,
2009 2008
 
Accounts receivable $ 398.2 $ 530.5
Inventory 692.9 887.6
Accounts payable   (236.4 )   (278.5 )
Subtotal 854.7 1,139.6
 
Allowance for doubtful accounts 6.0 6.3
LIFO reserve 151.1 205.6
Corporate and other   47.1     60.2  
Managed working capital $ 1,058.9   $ 1,411.7  
 

Annualized prior 2 months sales

$ 2,941.8   $ 4,008.0  
 

Managed working capital as a
% of annualized sales

36.0 % 35.2 %
 

June 30, 2009 change in managed
working capital

$ (352.8 )
 

As part of managing the liquidity in our business, we focus on controlling managed
working capital, which is defined as gross accounts receivable and gross inventories,
less accounts payable. In measuring performance in controlling this managed working
capital, we exclude the effects of LIFO inventory valuation reserves, excess and
obsolete inventory reserves, and reserves for uncollectible accounts receivable
which, due to their nature, are managed separately.


 
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Other Financial Information
Debt to Capital
(Unaudited - Dollars in millions)
 
June 30, December 31,
2009 2008
 
Total debt $ 1,073.4 $ 509.8
Less: Cash   (850.7 )   (469.9 )
Net debt $ 222.7 $ 39.9
 
Net debt $ 222.7 $ 39.9
Total ATI stockholders' equity   2,075.5     1,957.4  
Net ATI capital $ 2,298.2 $ 1,997.3
 
Net debt to ATI capital   9.7 %   2.0 %
 
Total debt $ 1,073.4 $ 509.8
Total ATI stockholders' equity   2,075.5     1,957.4  
Total ATI capital $ 3,148.9 $ 2,467.2
 
Total debt to total ATI capital   34.1 %   20.7 %
 

In managing the overall capital structure of the Company, some of
the measures that we focus on are net debt to net capitalization,
which is the percentage of debt, net of cash that may be available
to reduce borrowings, to the total invested and borrowed capital
of ATI (excluding noncontrolling interest), and total debt to
total ATI capitalization, which excludes cash balances.

CONTACT:
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated
Dan L. Greenfield, 412-394-3004